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4:35 AM ET, July 12, 2014

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The Tennessean:
John Seigenthaler, longtime Tennessean editor, dies at 86  —  John Seigenthaler, a legendary Tennessee journalist, intimate confidant to two near-presidents and fierce advocate for racial equality, died Friday.  He was 86.  Mr. Seigenthaler passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Role of Sports Illustrated in LeBron James's Announcement Raises Journalistic Questions  —  By being the first to report on Friday that LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sports Illustrated beat a journalistic pack that included 15 on-air people at ESPN.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Sports Illustrated editors didn't know of LeBron's decision until ‘this morning’  —  LeBron James' decision to come back to Cleveland is a monumental story for sports journalism.  So how did SI get the scoop?  —  For Chris Stone, the managing editor of Sports Illustrated …
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Google launches ‘advisory council’ page on right to be forgotten  —  Search engine formalising procedure to deal with more than 70,000 requests for links to be removed after EU ruling fallout  —  Google launched a dedicated page on Friday to publicise its advisory council on the right …
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James Ball / Guardian:
Google admits to errors over Guardian ‘right to be forgotten’ link deletions
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David Drummond / Guardian:
Google's top lawyer describes challenges in implementing EU's Right To Be Forgotten, urges public debate
Jack Gillum / Associated Press:
US knew in advance of British plans to destroy Guardian hard drives containing NSA documents  —  US given heads up about newspaper data destruction  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper's hard …
Reuters:
Slim says he could exercise NY Times stock warrants  —  (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Slim says he could exercise stock warrants in The New York Times Co which expire early next year, a move that would more than double his stake in the media company.
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
How 160,000 intercepted communications led to our latest NSA story  —  The Debrief An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  Last weekend, The Washington Post published a story I wrote with Julie Tate and Ashkan Soltani about National Security Agency surveillance that sweeps …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter's New Analytics Tell Advertisers And Publishers How Many People Actually Saw Their Tweets  —  If you're looking for more details about how all of your tweets are doing, Twitter today released a new analytics dashboard for advertisers, Twitter Card publishers, and verified users.
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Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:
SoundCloud in licensing talks with major labels, may give each revenue split and 3-5% stakes  —  SoundCloud Said to Near Deals With Record Labels  —  The largest record labels are closing in on a deal for a stake in buzzy digital-music service SoundCloud Ltd., in exchange for an agreement …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Digg revives News.me as Digg Deeper, revealing the best links your friends are sharing on Twitter  —  Digg today announced Digg Deeper, a new feature that shows you what links your friends are sharing on social networks in real-time.  You can get this list in three different places …
Discussion: Digg Blog, Marketing Land and Engadget
Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Netflix has hits, Emmys and subscribers.  But can it survive its fight with cable?  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. — Reed Hastings, the lanky and goateed chief executive of Netflix, is on a mission: to turn his company into the Internet's first television network.  —  On Thursday, Netflix collected …
 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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